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Emma’s Ghost

January 24, 2019 11 Comments

Emma’s Ghost
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Emma was in the hallway, screaming. My sister was five years old and easily frightened. I wandered through the nearest door, sighing.

“What is it, Emma?” I asked, finding her at the front door. “Stop screaming; it’s okay.”

“Ghost!” Emma yelled, hysterical. She pointed to the warped panel of glass in the door-frame; a pale, hazy stranger hovered just behind it.

“Come away,” I murmured, taking her little hand in mine. But I hadn’t the heart to tell her.

As we drifted off together, a woman marched down the hallway; passing right through us on her way to answer the door.

By Gudrun Roy

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  1. cascondaville says

    January 24, 2019 at 7:26 am

    Good one!

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    • Goodie Bronte Ashton Roy says

      January 25, 2019 at 7:47 am

      Thanks 🙂

      Reply
  2. Ariffa says

    January 24, 2019 at 7:34 am

    Great story!

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    • Goodie Bronte Ashton Roy says

      January 25, 2019 at 7:48 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. ihussain2000 says

    January 25, 2019 at 7:06 am

    Wonderful! That actually gave me a shiver.

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    • Goodie Bronte Ashton Roy says

      January 25, 2019 at 7:48 am

      Ah, thank you so much :))

      Reply
  4. Jim Byrnes says

    January 25, 2019 at 8:48 am

    I loved this, and what a great twist.

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  5. b. says

    January 25, 2019 at 9:52 am

    Well written and I appreciate the way you “think outside the box.” Keep your ideas coming.

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  6. msierhuis says

    January 25, 2019 at 2:43 pm

    Well done!

    Reply
  7. June Rogers says

    January 28, 2019 at 12:27 pm

    You piqued my interest right away with the sentence, “I wandered through the nearest door, sighing.” And then finally with, “we drifted off together”. Nice ghost twist!

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    • Goodie Bronte Ashton Roy says

      January 31, 2019 at 7:16 am

      Aw, thank you so much! Glad you liked it 🙂

      Reply

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